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Ch. 23 Study Guide
Bedford's World Civ. since 1500s Ch. 23 Study Guide
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02/26/2010

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After the Treaty of Paris ended the Seven Years’ War in 1763, what problems did Britain face?
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the cost of defending the em;ore it had acquired and the need to organize a vast new territory including all of North America east of the Mississippi
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Stamp Act
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a tax on legal documents and other items; the revenue was to be spent in the colonies that paid them; Americans insisted they alone had the right to tax themselves since they had no representation in Parliament
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Boston Tea Party
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Parliament levied a tax on tea without American consent; protestors in Boston reacted by throwing a shipload of tea into the harbor
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In what ways was the American Revolution a radical movement?
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America produced a society freer than any the world had yet seen—one in which political and social liberties would continue to increase
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Third Estate
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the branch of the French Estates General representing all of the kingdom outside the nobility and the clergy; declared itself National Assembly
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Bastille
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a great fortress that had once held political prisoners; a crowed of the populace of Paris marched into and released seven prisoners; signaled that the political future of the nation would not be decided solely by the government.
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Declaration of the Right of Man and Citizen
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the assembly drew on political language of the Enlightenment; proclaimed natural rights (liberty, property, personal safety); govt should protect those rights; all political sovereignty resided in nation and its representatives
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What was the second revolution?
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Overthrew the constitutional monarchy and established a republic in France
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Reign of Terror
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The period between the summer of 1793 and the end of July 1794 when the French revolutionary state used extensive executions and violence to defend the Revolution and suppress its alleged internal enemies
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How did Napoleon deal with the Catholic Church and the pope?
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Made a concordat with Pope Pius VII; refractory and constitutional clergy were forced to resign; replacements received spiritual investiture from pope; state named the bishops and paid thir salaries; church gave up claims to confiscated property; clergy swore oaths of loyalty to state; supremacy of state over church
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What were the results of the French invasion of Russia?
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The Russians retreated, stripping supplies from French use; France forced to retreat
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Congress of Vienna
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victors agreed no single state should be allowed to dominate Europe
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Creoles
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persons of European descent who were born in the Spanish colonies
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Toussaint L’Ouverture
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began the revolt that led to Haitian independence
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How did San Martín differ from Simón Bolívar?
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Martin favored monarchy; Bolívar favored political liberalism
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William Wilberforce
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abolitionist in Great Britain; against slave trade rather than slavery itself
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